Monday, June 20, 2011

Guess What?

Police shot a man and three officers suffered minor injuries Sunday near Father’s Day celebrations at a South Side park, officials said.

The man was critically wounded after he allegedly shot at police in the Grand Crossing Park at 76th and Ingleside, police said. The officers, who were not shot, were taken to a local hospital in good condition, fire officials said. It is unclear how they were injured.

Good witnesses, all saying the gunman was armed, shooting in the air and at the police without regard for anyone before being shot. Three officers were also injured in the ensuing chaos.

But guess what else?

No comments open. Even when the police do good work, have the support of numerous witnesses quoted in the article, and are injured in the performance of their duties, the Tribune Company can't find it in their liberal makeup to open the comment sections to a tiny bit of praise from the citizenry. But you can bet they'll have them open the instant there's even a tiny question about police actions. You can bet the house on it.

94 Comments:

Guess What? Who is the LT. in 014 that's always talking Shit about the Commander and BRAGGING about how she can't go to a meeting without the Lt. by her side to answer questions Because She don't know Shit? Who is this Ass Kissing FOOL?

Off topic: Check out the latest column on the 16 year old attempted robber who was killed by an off-duty officer victim with his own gun. His older brother knew the 16 year old had a gun and was 'gonna go out and rob someone,' and never attempted to stop his kid brother or take the weapon from him. One of the dead robber's friends asks the reporter 'why did the cop have to shoot his friend 5 times?' It's publishing nonsense like this in the newspapers and NOT asking the hard questions of these 'friends & family:'1) WHY would an older sibling allow a younger one to leave the house with a loaded (or even an unloaded) gun after stating that he/she was 'gonna go rob someone?'2) WHY does it matter how many times an innocent person fired a gun to protect themselves when confronted by an armed assailant who makes his violent intentions known?1 shot or 5, doesn't matter.You put yourself in harm's way, you reap what you sow. Period.It's time for more intelligent reporting from both of the major daily papers here. What I read in that Sun-Times article once again insulted me. I hope all of you feel the same way.

The liberal Scum Times also ran and editiorial on how Governor Quinn needs to stop allowing the State Police to conduct consent searches. It claimed a racial disparity, surprise surprise. The Scum Times and Tribune are not afraid to champion leading the way in this piece of shit town as far as handcuffing and stomping on the police and our powers. The liberal media in this town is getting what they wanted, How's that working for you guys by the way? You should be ashamed of your profession and what you have helped make Chicago.

Here's a tiny bit of praise from the citizenry---Thank you for doing what you do. When my children and parents are out on the streets my first thought is I hope nothing happens to them and then my second thought is if something does happen they all have cell phones to call the police.

Seen the same for other articles where the comment section is not open. And seen it open for others where the article IS actually paining a positive light on police. So, I guess it can be skewed either way, depending on your political views of the media.

Since I have discovered this site I will no longer depend on the Trib for any crime news. It's too bad for the policemen and women that have to deal with this sub-human garbage on a daily basis. The Trib acts like if they limit comments on these stories they will go away! This is a war and it should be reported like that! This gang bullshit has gone on for decades but Daley has turned a deaf ear to it. Just let the gangs deal drugs and kill each other, as long as it's "In da hood" its OK but now it's spreading to down town it makes Chicago look worse than in the 20s. I commend the police but the real criminals are the corrupt judges that keep letting this trash back on the streets. Everytime one of these misfits goes to the morgue it's one less we have to worry about and after many arrests some of this scum actualy ends up in the prison system to be fed and taken care of for the rest of their lives at huge expense to the tax payers, Maybe after "Big Ears" brings some of our National Guard home from his latest illeagal war he might send them to Chicago with shoot to kill orders and "take out the trash" Ad oh yes where is the "Master of the Shake down??"Jesse Jackson and the rest of the "Blame whitey first" crowd???

Clint Eastwood said "There's nothing wrong with a little shooting...As long as the right people get shot" Be safe Men and Women of the CPD..

In the course of 50 years I have been to plenty of fathers day event, but NEVER have I been to one that same asswipes shooting a gun in the air with kids around, let alone turning it on the police when they get there. Bur I guess in some area that is very normal for people to do. The good things are none of the police or citizens were seriously hurt & the gunman was caught. The bad thing is this asshat is still steeling air & some liberal lawwyer with the help of the crook county justice system will prevent him from being properly put away for a very long time.

The Sup is trying to get his own reality show after his co-star appearance in the documentary "BRICK CITY". He's caught the acting bug. Check out how the critic descibe the show.

Description

Newark: the hardest, most ghetto city in America, possibly the world. If you think your city is ghetto, come here and prepare to be blown away. -UrbanDictionary.com

Brick City is a provocative and eye-opening documentary series that fans out around the city of Newark, New Jersey to capture the daily drama of a community striving to become a better, safer, stronger place to live.

Against great odds, Newark’s citizens and its Mayor, Cory Booker, fight to raise the city out of a half century of violence, poverty and corruption. Booker, an outspoken and charismatic mayor who many compare to Barack Obama, works with Police Director Garry McCarthy, youth mentors, Blood and Crip gang members and other citizens on the front line to bring peace and prosperity to their once-proud city.

Bringing to life the true challenges and adventures of social transformation and urban renewal, Brick City goes from City Hall to the street to create a vivid portrait of a city at a critical moment in history.

Another reason i cancelled the fibune,the only thing good in it is JOHN KASS otherwise it sucks. I read Kass online free fuck paying for that rag,they changed the paper totally but they will go under soon watch!

Great job CPD happy they are all safe! The savages are really out of control,on another note will mcnoclue dump the extremely incompetent exempt idiots? We are so top heavy with clueless morons another reason BOSS all I will do is answer my calls,write paper back up coppers and help their families otherwise get gas-2 personals-lunch-paper-coffee. Another thing no complaints no crime no arrest. Sorry want me pension and freedom!

"Ryan Dunn, star of the reality show "Jackass," has died in a car accident in Pennsylvania...

"Sources say [Dunn]was one of two people killed in a single car crash in Chester County early Monday morning.

"...the 2007 Porsche Dunn was driving crashed into a wooded area off the road and burst into flames. Both Dunn and his unidentified passenger died as a result of injuries they sustained in the crash. Police believe speed may have played a role in the accident..."

You know there's a depression when planted stories like this start appearing consistently, two or three a week on Yahoo alone. "Discarded painting auctioned for millions," "Man finds thousands in attic of house he bought," "Vast medieval treasure dug up in backyard," etc. It's flagpole-sitting, marathon-dancing kind of stuff.

Like the carny or the flea-market guy who keeps riffling through his wad right in front of you, it's hypnosis - a distraction while they go through your pockets, as it were.

Psychologists would say they're encouraging "magical thinking," en masse -- as more and more houses are boarded up and more and more banks are constructed on every corner.

Private eye tells homeless man of inheritance

– Sat Jun 18, 8:33 pm ET

"SALT LAKE CITY – A private investigator says he has tracked down a homeless Utah man and delivered some good news: He's inherited a lot of money.

"David Lundberg said he found Max Melitzer pushing a shopping cart filled with personal possessions in a Salt Lake City park Saturday afternoon.

"Lundberg declined to disclose how much money Melitzer will be receiving, but said the man's brother who died of cancer last year left him a "significant" amount in his will.

"Lundberg said he was hired by the family's New York law firm to locate Melitzer, and some family members plan to meet Melitzer next week in Salt Lake City..."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110619/ap_on_re_us/us_homeless_man_rich

P.S. This moment I saw an AARP ad on TV, "Protect Seniors, Save Our Benefits" -- as though AARP hadn't just declared itself open to the idea of cutting Social Security benefits...

It's not that the Tribune is liberal, it's that they are anti-police. They can't bring themselves to support the police in the form of the crap they write about, and they want to reduce our pay and benefits and take away our pensions.

It's not you. The world really has gone completely crazy. Been that way for some time now.

Black hole shreds star, sparking gamma ray flash

By Deborah Zabarenko – Mon Jun 20, 7:31 am ET

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A monster black hole shredded a Sun-like star, producing a strangely long-lasting flash of gamma rays that probably won't be seen again in a million years, astronomers reported on Thursday.

"That is definitely not the norm for gamma ray bursts, energetic blasts that typically flare up and end in a matter of seconds or milliseconds, often the sign of the death throes of a collapsing star..."

Immediate result --

Thousands in Portland take to bikes for naked ride

By Dan Cook – Sun Jun 19, 1:57 am ET

"PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) – It was a typical early summer evening in Portland: cloudy skies threatening rain, temperatures in the mid-60s, and thousands of naked bicyclists gathered near the city's waterfront for a clothing-free night ride..."

SSC, not that you don't have enuff stuff to do anyway but in cases like this..maybe you can send out a little "alert" so everyone with an online account or even with email can flood their message boards and inboxes at the Trib or wherever b/c that is crap.

to the tac/gang guy in cd that can be seen on the news at the shooting wearing a red baseball hat with white brim and black tee shirt with a white verticle stripe on the sleeve please stop wearing your hat backwards when working. You look like a tool and not to mention completly unprofessional. Do you think you are "blending in" because you are wearing your hat backwards? I also wear my baseball hat backwards too when not working, but never when working. Look the part please, turn it around when you are working and especially when you are in the public eye and on camera for everyone to see... you dont look cool, you just look like another frat kid from the suburbs who got a job being "the real police".

"Against great odds, Newark’s citizens and its Mayor, Cory Booker, fight to raise the city out of a half century of violence, poverty and corruption. Booker, an outspoken and charismatic mayor who many compare to Barack Obama, works with Police Director Garry McCarthy, youth mentors, Blood and Crip gang members and other citizens on the front line to bring peace and prosperity to their once-proud city."

--6/20/2011 09:53:00 AM

At first glance I thought this was satire.

They're serious.

Holy God.

The Crips and Bloods are "citizens on the front line?"

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The people who talk this talk have two legs and two arms and a head -- just like you and me.

1. I did ask him why. His reply is in the story. He said he didn't think his kid brother would go through with it. Don't blame me or the Sun-Times if you don't like his answer!

2. His family think it matters because they loved him and they want to know if he could have been saved. You don't think it matters because "you reap what you sow." I'm staying out of it — I just report the facts. The facts include what his family feels about it.

3. If the clown-cop himself or any of his buddies are reading, I'd love to tell his side of the story.

Its a long article but the article talks about how in 2003 then SA chief of special prosecutions, Scott Cassidy refused to charge alleged serial killer Michael Gargiulo even with DNA evidence. LAPD Detectives even said it was bull shit the SA let this go walk in 2003. The POS ended killing two more women after SA let him walk.

". . . don't forget the complete arrogance of their editorial board which decided Chicagoans are too unsophisticated to handle a dialogue about race"

--6/20/2011 12:53:00 PM

Unsophisticated?

Why, Attorney General Eric Holder says we're outright cowards.

...as they proscribe even a hint of such dialogue, and do their damnedest to simply hide the race of offenders, and to jigger the crime statistics into incomprehensibility with government-invented categories like "Hispanic..."

"Arrogant" isn't the word. "Insane" is closer.

Holder is like the guy standing in front of your busted window with a rock in his hand, screaming, "LOOK WHAT YOU DID!"

Blago didnt like the Trib either.I like the Brick City reference. What does that say about the City of Chicago? We're the new NJ - 75% ghetto...???All this bs about changing the culture o the inner city thuggery through mediation. Sounds like OB. Alvarez won't prosecute, Evans won't convict, Dart won't jail the criminals. Jackson wants more hugs, Quinn wants more sanctuary and Holder wants more forgiveness.Will every 3 years bring a fresh new superintendent and a whole new plan to embrace and tolerate the thug element? Man entered civil society to protect himself and his property, thus laws were created. Politicians seemed to forget this simple matter of fact. The scope of reality has diminished and all too often the law breakers invoke their birth right ignorance clause. What are they teaching kids in school today, and so, how many School Superintendents will we go through before someone figures it out.

question did all the wilding attacks in Chicago suddenly stop, are the trains buses and the beach safe again or did Tiny Dancer pull a Daley and told the media to cut the shit? need to know seems all the attacks just stopped thanks

Guess What? Who is the LT. in 014 that's always talking Shit about the Commander and BRAGGING about how she can't go to a meeting without the Lt. by her side to answer questions Because She don't know Shit? Who is this Ass Kissing FOOL?

6/20/2011 05:59:00 AM

Well, obviously you know the answer, so what's the problem with spilling it?

Bringing to life the true challenges and adventures of social transformation and urban renewal, Brick City goes from City Hall to the street to create a vivid portrait of a city at a critical moment in history.

http://www.sundancechannel.com/brick-city/video/

6/20/2011 09:53:00 AM

So, basically, McCathy BAILED on Newark, rather than show some dedication and finish the effort?

Keep bragging how you 'get it for free' and it will disappear entirely. Ours are among the last few papers that don't charge for online content. Obviously, you value Kass, or a few columns or items, so shut up about getting it free. You are STILL USING THE PRODUCT.A true boycott means you completely divorce yourself from the product.

OT: watch very minor parking infractions in 22 in Beverly and MG. Midnight officers are writing parkers on off duty officer's cars. Also issuing tickets for block party tent violations even if you have a permit. They are assigned to 30 sector and target violations west of Western only.

Anonymous said...Off topic: Check out the latest column on the 16 year old attempted robber who was killed by an off-duty officer victim with his own gun. His older brother knew the 16 year old had a gun and was 'gonna go out and rob someone,' and never attempted to stop his kid brother or take the weapon from him. One of the dead robber's friends asks the reporter 'why did the cop have to shoot his friend 5 times?' It's publishing nonsense like this in the newspapers and NOT asking the hard questions of these 'friends & family:'1) WHY would an older sibling allow a younger one to leave the house with a loaded (or even an unloaded) gun after stating that he/she was 'gonna go rob someone?'2) WHY does it matter how many times an innocent person fired a gun to protect themselves when confronted by an armed assailant who makes his violent intentions known?1 shot or 5, doesn't matter.You put yourself in harm's way, you reap what you sow. Period.It's time for more intelligent reporting from both of the major daily papers here. What I read in that Sun-Times article once again insulted me. I hope all of you feel the same way.

6/20/2011 06:31:00 AM

---Same here...And the mother stated, "I'm not denying that he attempted to rob somebody, BUT WE didn't know that side of him...he never showed us that side." SHUTUP ALREADY....he had a loaded gun but the family all states he wasn't going to actually 'use' it. How can they say that when, THEY did NOT know that 'side' of him?UNBELIEVABLE

Boycotting the Trib and Suntimes are both great ideas, but we must take it further. We need to boycott the advertisers who spend top dollar to list their goods and services in these rags.

Everyone should drop a letter to the presidents/ CEO of the companies who do business with the Trib and Sun Times and relate to them that you can no longer purchase their products and services advertised in a newspaper that hates the police and supports anarchy in our cities.

Who was the dickhead retired cop calling on the 3100 block of Oketo demanding a Lt. because he didn't want a sgt?

6/20/2011 07:53:00 AM

What's the matter, Sarge? Hurt your feelings?

Hurt feelings? who cares, it's not like he's gonna get a Lt. to come out; when's the last time a district actually had a Field Lt.? and you better believe the w/c isn't coming out. It gets a code when he refuses to speak to the Sgt.. End of story.

1. I did ask him why. His reply is in the story. He said he didn't think his kid brother would go through with it. Don't blame me or the Sun-Times if you don't like his answer!

2. His family think it matters because they loved him and they want to know if he could have been saved. You don't think it matters because "you reap what you sow." I'm staying out of it — I just report the facts. The facts include what his family feels about it.

3. If the clown-cop himself or any of his buddies are reading, I'd love to tell his side of the story.

kjanssen@suntimes.com

Go back to Norwich. Is your "journalism" stint at the Sun-Times part of your continuing "American Studies?" You report the facts? A fact like "the youth lept [sic] with the balletic grace of Michael Jordan at his peak"?

Seriously, though, if you think your posting on this blog is the way to cultivate contacts in the police department, then there really is no future for journalism in Chicago and we should continue to import our reporters from old England. By the time you figure out what time it is over here it should be time for you to return home. Pip pip and all that.

Apparently not only do we have to watch out for the savages on the streets but now we have to watch out for savages in uniform(cops) too. At the 10-1 shooting on 76th/ingleside, a shitbird punched a 006th district tact guy and when the tact guy tazed and tried to place shitbird in custody a cop in full uniform(black shitbird copper) jumped and punched the 006th district tact guy attempting to stop him from making the arrest. UNFUCKING BELEIVEABLE !!!!!!! One of many fucking coppers put on this job due the race card. This is not bullshit, I got this from someone who saw this happen but because all the shit going on they were unable to get this shitbird coppers name because he ran off.

OK, No comments there, BUT go to the other lead stories of the day and post what you like. I posted this at the on-line story of. "Blagojevich jury ends 6th day without verdict".

Copied a little of their story and addded and subtracted, cut and pasted and put this out.

"Great work by Chicago Police! A gun-wielding man was critically injured this evening by police after he began shooting at a Father’s Day celebration at a South Side park and then attempted to shoot the officers. The incident occurred at Grand Crossing Park on the 7600 block of South Ingleside Avenue at about 6:30 p.m., officials said. The incident also left three police officers with wounds. Thanks, stay safe and speedy recoveries."

Anytime there is a story about the police, the anti-police jerks come out of the woodwork and flood the comments section.Let the papers close the comments section for these stories. Nothing of any value is every posted.

The shitbird copper is identified. You're wrong when you say he because it is a she. She works in 3 and should be fired for her actions during the 10-1. I saw it first hand. However, its apparently being handled "in house". Yeah right.

Apparently not only do we have to watch out for the savages on the streets but now we have to watch out for savages in uniform(cops) too. At the 10-1 shooting on 76th/ingleside, a shitbird punched a 006th district tact guy and when the tact guy tazed and tried to place shitbird in custody a cop in full uniform(black shitbird copper) jumped and punched the 006th district tact guy attempting to stop him from making the arrest. UNFUCKING BELEIVEABLE !!!!!!! One of many fucking coppers put on this job due the race card. This is not bullshit, I got this from someone who saw this happen but because all the shit going on they were unable to get this shitbird coppers name because he ran off.

Nobody knows who the copper in uniform is? shouldn't be hard to figure out. Charge him criminally with agg batt to po and a litany of administrative charges and launch his ass off the job...

>>>Anonymous said... Boycotting the Trib and Suntimes are both great ideas, but we must take it further. We need to boycott the advertisers who spend top dollar to list their goods and services in these rags.

Everyone should drop a letter to the presidents/ CEO of the companies who do business with the Trib and Sun Times and relate to them that you can no longer purchase their products and services advertised in a newspaper that hates the police and supports anarchy in our cities.

Anonymous said... Apparently not only do we have to watch out for the savages on the streets but now we have to watch out for savages in uniform(cops) too. At the 10-1 shooting on 76th/ingleside, a shitbird punched a 006th district tact guy and when the tact guy tazed and tried to place shitbird in custody a cop in full uniform(black shitbird copper) jumped and punched the 006th district tact guy attempting to stop him from making the arrest. UNFUCKING BELEIVEABLE !!!!!!! One of many fucking coppers put on this job due the race card. This is not bullshit, I got this from someone who saw this happen but because all the shit going on they were unable to get this shitbird coppers name because he ran off.

When you or any of the other gossiping whores actually report facts as they are, you might have some room to venture an opinion. The very least that any news staff could do is SIMPLE FACT CHECKING. I know, I know, why let facts get in the way of a perfectly good story, but let's face it, The National Inquirer is a more legitimate news source than any major Chicago news outlet. You've obviously learned nothing from you little adventure last week, but then I seriously doubt any of us here expected you to.....stick to writing for the school paper kid.

"Sources say [Dunn]was one of two people killed in a single car crash in Chester County early Monday morning.

"...the 2007 Porsche Dunn was driving crashed into a wooded area off the road and burst into flames. Both Dunn and his unidentified passenger died as a result of injuries they sustained in the crash. Police believe speed may have played a role in the accident..."

You and your associates in the media have a serious problem with unbiased and unslanted reporting as in your inability to deliver such.

We anticipate seeing squatter camps of former media members popping up along the banks of the South Branch like mushrooms in the forest after a hard rain and it would be a fate richly deserved in our opinion.

The media is part and parcel of what ails this city due the years of Daley driven propaganda designed to separate the fine men and women of this Department from the good will of the decent, law abiding citizens.

The rankest 5th Avenue whores have more credibility.

Why are you even bothering to announce your presence here?

An annoying and obnoxious child horning in on the thoughts and conversation of people who have to deal with things that would have you heaving for weeks.

Go away youngster... Real adults are talking about real life or death concerns here.

Bear first-hand witness to 20 to 40+ years of death and destruction while biting your tongue and swallowing bloody tears of outrage.

Try to sleep and see the dead walking around in your dreams.

Make accquantance with hatred, spiritual and emotional pain and the pain of a body broken on these mean streets trying to serve and uphold an ideal... Then and only then, will you have any redeemable currency with us to prompt a modicum of acknowledgement.

You and yours can kiss an ass with that "humble public servant" feel good bullshit you peddle.

There is nothing humble or servant-like about what most of us have done on this job.